Countries
India
  
Vietnam
  
National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
  
Vietnam
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Czech Republic
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- Santali language was an oral language till nineteenth century.
- Before the invention of Santali alphabets, Santali was written with the Bengali or Odia alphabets.
  
- The vocabulary of Vietnamese language is influenced by Chinese Language.
- The only language in East Asia that uses the Latin alphabet is Vietnamese.
  
Similar To
Munda Language
  
Chinese Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Chinese Language
  
Alphabets in
Santali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Vietnamese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Henda ho
  
Xin chào
  
Thank You
Adi Johar
  
Cam on
  
How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?
  
Bạn khỏe không?
  
Good Night
Boge Ninda
  
Chúc ngủ ngon
  
Good Evening
Boge Ayup’
  
Chào buổi tối
  
Good Afternoon
Not Available
  
Chào buổi trưa
  
Good Morning
Boge Setak’
  
Chào buổi sáng
  
Please
Not Available
  
xin vui lòng
  
Sorry
Not Available
  
Xin lỗi
  
Bye
Not Available
  
Tạm biệt
  
I Love You
Not Available
  
tôi yêu bạn
  
Excuse Me
Not Available
  
Xin loi
  
Dialect 1
Mahali
  
Northern Vietnamese
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac
  
Dialect 2
Not present
  
North-central Vietnamese
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa
  
Dialect 3
Not present
  
Mid-Central Vietnamese
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien
  
How Many People Speak?
6.30 million
  
99+
91.00 million
  
16
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
6.30 million
  
99+
75.00 million
  
14
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
16.00 million
  
17
Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
  
tiếng việt (㗂越)
  
Alternative Names
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
  
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet
  
French Name
santal
  
vietnamien
  
German Name
Santali
  
Vietnamesisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern)
[tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)
  
Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
  
Vietnamese (Kinh) people
  
Origin
20th century
  
c. 1440
  
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
  
Austroasiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese
  
Standard Forms
Santali
  
Standard Vietnamese
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Vietnamese sign languages
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
vi
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
sat
  
vie
  
ISO 639 2/B
sat
  
vie
  
ISO 639 3
sat
  
vie
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
sant1410
  
viet1252
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
46-EBA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Analytic, Isolating